I do run Adsense ads but never have on this blog – the affiliates I run here pay quite well – Hostgator is $50/sign up – and Asense really only works if you write very targetted posts – I don’t like writing targeted posts all the time – so I prefer affiliates – so some of the posts are promoting a program – some arent’ they are just my ramblings – some idiot number of pepole seem to follow me (well for me any more than 10 is amazing still) – so it must work LOL My adsense sites are niche sites targetting very specific topics – fascinating if that is what you are looking for, but not so much for repeat traffic.

I have never done adwords – I believe it can make you good money for affiliate offers but you can also lose quite a lot of cash quite quickly – its on my todo list – maybe this year

I have been a follower of Griz for about six months now and am starting to make way with some decent income (decent for a newb that is… lol).I have heard about you from Griz’s blog and just wanted to drop by. You are right about the work involved in making money online! I spend so much time on this stuff and make so little for the hours I put in. The hardest part about is that I’ll spend countless hours one month and it will take another month to start paying off – oh well I guess in the end it will be worth it.

Anyways, I have a few questions for you:

I notice that almost all of you guys dont use adsense – is it because you make more off of affiliate programs like host gator or project payday?
( is it me or does it just seem really unlikely that someone would buy hosting through your host gator link from your site without doing any research? )

Have you tried using adwords to generate money off of a project payday lead etc..? Would it be a good idea?

Thanks